Interview with Maura Holden by Daniel Mirante
Combining both excellent draftsmanship with a lucid sense of colour, Maura depicts the secret vistas of the collective psyche, the sunken, honeycombed ruins of mysterious ancient civilisations, the paradisiacal and primordial bliss of our ancestors living within a shamanic dreamtime
Japi Honoo describes her imagery as stories of her “state of mind”. Her stories express “feeling out of time and belong to every age.” For Japi, digital techniques can assume the same function as the paint brush, enabling her to create new worlds and possibilities for the interpretation of femininity.
It is with great honor that Lila is able to present Maura Holden’s latest finished work, Divisions of Neptune, accompanied by a work of mytho-prose reflective of some of the originating feelings and meditations contained within this unique painting.
Stretching out like one of the Buddha’s great bejeweled parasols, the term Visionary Art encompasses a wide variety of styles, genres, periods, and degrees of abstraction. Definitions abound, but here is my hard crystal: visionary art is art that resonates with visionary experiences, those undeniably powerful eruptions of numinous and multidimensional perception that suggest other orders of reality.
The hummingbird is the quintessential symbol of the Nectarian form of art. In Brazil the hummingbird is called the ‘beija-flor’ – kisser-of-flowers. This beautiful poetic term describes the deep sensuality of the intimate engagement with Nature.
You are cordially invited to attend the opening of ‘PSYCHONAUTEN’ A group exhibition in honor of Dr. Albert Hofmann’s 102nd birthday At Gallerie Museum HR GIGER Opening reception, March 8th, 2008, 5 PM The show will be up until October 26th, 2008 Château St.Germain CH1663Gruyères Tel.0041269212200 info@hrgigermuseum.com
Maura & Laurence invite you to spend 3 weeks with them in a 14th century village, deepening your vision & learning Old Masters’ techniques of painting.
Mark Henson has proclaimed a lifetime mission to create art that is filled with positive imagery surrounding lovemaking. His imagery combines tantric, taoist, deep ecological and spiritual themes in a gorgeous expression of the harmonious potentials of life in Gaia’s gardens.
The transformation toward transpersonal awareness beyond historical constructs is what defines the times and the themes of contemporary visionary art : the emergence of a humanity that experiences its existence through cosmic and gaian relatedness, which exists in the ever renewing cyclical time of cosmic play, beyond the socially constructed dialectic of linear technological progress.
Featuring a host of visionary master painters along with a crew of dedicated younger artists this art culture community building project celebrates the spirit of the inspired creative imagination.
Art is like giving new life to things which already exist, only filtered by the artists mind. But I am learning right now, that this process of filtering out, is the essential lesson an artist has to learn. To pick things out of unlimited possibilities, arrange them in a new way, to give new meaning to them, and their own autonomy.
Oleg Korolev has emerged as one of the most interesting and accomplished visionary artists of the present time. “Beautiful rhythms come when fear is gone and affection leaves.Perception is clear when the mind is calm, and becomes pure and virgin, when dualities are overcome. Consciousness returns to its Source… Son returns to his Father.”